Hi All,
We headed up to spend the day at Okoboji, so I checked out the "shallow
lake restorations" along the way. Dan Green Slough, Clay Co., had
something over 1000 birds of 12 species on the main pool and mudflat
just off the south blacktop. The bulk were Killdeer, Pectoral
Sandpipers, Lesser Yellowlegs, and Least Sandpipers. Most interesting
might have been a juvie Wilson's Phalarope. It should become a good spot
for Buff-breasted Sandpipers. Jemmerson Slough at Spirit Lake, Dickinson
Co., had a smattering of shorebirds, but nothing that grabbed the
attention. It did, however, have a bunch of loafing gull/terns: 250
Franklin's, 50 Ring-billed and 100 Black Terns. Later I saw 300
Franklin's Gulls over Upper Gar Lake and 150 Ring-billed at Arnold's Park.
Matthew Kenne
Algona, Iowa
mke...@netamumail.om
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